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2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham
Date13 – 19 June
Edition35th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$846,000
SurfaceGrass
LocationBirmingham, England
VenueEdgbaston Priory Club
2015 Champions
Singles
Germany Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza / Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
← 2015 · Aegon Classic Birmingham · 2017 →

The 2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is the 35th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It will take place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, on 13–19 June 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Women's Doubles $ $ $ $ $ — — — —

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 1
 GER Angelique Kerber 4 2
 ROU Simona Halep 5 3
  SUI Belinda Bencic 8 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 11 5
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 15 6
 USA Madison Keys 16 7
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 17 8
 GBR Johanna Konta 18 9
  • 1 Rankings as of Jun 6, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Chan Yung-jan 11 1
 IND Sania Mirza  USA Coco Vandeweghe 24 2
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Šafářová 25 3
 SLO Andreja Klepač  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 53 4
  • 1 Rankings as of June 6, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham – Singles
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Doubles

Main article: 2016 Aegon Classic Birmingham – Doubles
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References

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